[PRCo] Re: 46--line vs 49--line

[John F Bromley]

Route 46-Brownsville was replaced (date?) by a re-routed 49-Beltzhoover
when  49-Beltzhoover stopped coming up through the tunnel (and was replaced
by rush hour 47 Carrick via Tunnel).  The 46 went to Gearing & Chalfont,
just as did the 49, so the denizens of the surrounfing area could whip
downtown via the fast route or the scenic route.  This from the Lewis 1926
guide and the June 1936 and October 1938 PRC route guides (all gleaned from
bids on the odious eBay in the past few months).  Oh, that it were so today.
Riders from this area are probably lucky now if they see the odd bus that
might drop them at the junction!

Presumably the changes occurred in the 1940s.  The guides don't list loops
and PERHAPS the line stopped in the street at the intersection and that a
loop wasn't necessary until the 1940s.   On the other hand I remember that
loop well (lots of pix as well) and I can't see PRC buying a property in the
1940s and tearing down a house or three for the purpose of building a loop,
so maybe it was there all along (or at least from the beginning of the
single end car era).   So far I haven't turned up a route guide for that
period.

JFB


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Holland" <pghpcc at pacbell.net>
To: "-->- PRCo -- WP -- JTC -- The Big *3* -<--"
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Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 5:04 PM
Subject: [PRCo] 46--line vs 49--line


>
> HI!
> Trivia question.  The other day, Ed said:::::::
>
> > Edward H. Lybarger wrote:
>
> > Became "Beltzhoover" September 30, 1946.  Now if I were only this
efficient
> > and knowledgeable about real work...
>
> ...And I have mentioned the MD McCarter photo of a PCC signed
> 46--Brownsville so PCCs worked the line which means
> there was a loop somewhere.
>
> ...AND  Tom Phillips, John-S, and others have mentioned that
> there was a 49-line that ran up through the tunnel,
> possibly as late as 1950 (although the quote from Ed
> above would seem to rule that out.)
>
> ...And  it has also been mentioned that the 46--line ran into Allentown.
>
> ...Now  --  did the original 46-line terminate near Warrington
> and reverse ends?  Did the original 46-line terminate
> anywhere else in this vicinity and then reverse ends?
> OR  did the 46 line always operate out Climax to Gearing?
>
> Just prior to the 1946.09.30 sign change of the 46-line,
> 1)--was the 49-line running thru the tunnel?
> 2)--Did both these lines have the same outer terminal on Gearing?
>
> The plot, like Chunky, gets thickerer!
>
> --
> James B. Holland
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